Scarborough Bridge: update
Catching up on the recent work on Scarborough Bridge. Cranes, trains, and why the pedestrian bit still looks the same.
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YNMR boundary stone, Holgate
An old worn boundary stone for the Y&NMR, on Lowther Terrace, at the edge of York’s railway lands.
More …One building … carriageworks canteen, thoughts
Back in June I asked for memories, thoughts provoked by this building. It is, as many of you knew, the old carriageworks canteen. It was part of a group of buildings at the entrance. If you’re interested in York’s real and recent history, its heritage and its culture, you may be interested in these comments.
More …Carriageworks (ABB) closure: 1995 audio
Almost 20 years after it happened, a reminder of what the closure of York’s carriageworks meant. A selection of snippets, news reports, reaction and background, recorded from the radio in May 1995 when the closure was announced.
More …Railway Terrace and Watson Street
A wander along Railway Terrace to revisit Watson Street, St Paul’s church, the long-gone cattle dock, and Holgate Bridge.
More …Cinder Lane and railway lands, 2004 and now
A wander down Cinder Lane, past old rusty things and a new building on the Engineers’ Triangle. Photos from August 2004 and August 2014 compared.
More …Hearts and flowers
‘The engineering industry’, York and elsewhere, 1979
I’ve been reorganising boxes of things again, and it’s inevitable, you end up opening them and leafing through, in a nostalgic moment, and while I was, I found this school exercise book, geography as taught to first years at Mill Mount Grammar School in 1979. It illustrates perhaps more than … More …